Sofia hardcore collective Hardcorps celebrates 20 years with the Gabber Mafia party on October 24, 2026 at Club Mesmeric. It starts at 10 p.m., with American Rob Gee and Russian STASiAN headlining.

Rob Gee, real name Robert Gilmore, was born in New Jersey in 1971 and goes by the nickname "gabber guru". He is considered the founder of American gabber and the hardest DJ to play New York's legendary Limelight club in the early nineties. In 1993 his single "Nonshlentustokken" hit number one on the Thunderdome III compilation, and 1996's "Ecstasy, You Got What I Need" entered the Dutch charts and spent 13 weeks in a row at number one on The BOX. He has played Sensation, Thunderdome, Mysteryland and the Love Parade, in front of around a million people.

Local support comes from Defect, FR1ZII, Gabber-van-dahl, Mokushi, ShanoDJ and Y.E.B.O.K, with industrial hardcore, frenchcore and industrial techno. The organisers announce the night with irony, as a medical check-up for rave veterans who've had ringing in their ears since 2006.

Tickets on bilet.bg cost 15 to 25 euros, roughly 920 to 1,540 denars, and numbers are limited. The event is 18+.